Sprint could be first in US for Samsung Ativ S and HTC 'Tiara'

Sprint getting two new Windows Phones?

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Samsung's Ativ S will reportedly look a bit different when it arrives on Sprint this summer

Sprint is about to get its second and third Windows Phone handsets (after the Windows 7 phone HTC Arrive) at the beginning of summer, and it could be the first U.S. carrier to handle either device, according to a new report.

Sprint announced in January that Samsung and HTC will each bring a Windows Phone 8 device to the carrier "by summer," and The Verge said today that those devices will be Samsung's Ativ S and HTC's rumored "Tiara."

If the site is correct, Sprint will be the first U.S. carrier to nab Samsung's Ativ S. And considering that HTC's Tiara hasn't been seen yet outside of unofficial leaks, it seems safe to guess that an arrival on Sprint this summer could be that phone's first appearance as well.

Both devices are expected to arrive on Sprint in May or June, according to The Verge.

Either way, it's also rumored to be the first device coming with Microsoft's second General Distribution Releases update (GDR2) to Windows Phone 8.

If GDR2 is the second minor update to WP8, then that makes it the follow-up to "Portico," which we suppose makes Portico GDR1.

Anyway. In addition to reaching out to Samsung, we asked HTC and Sprint for their comments on this report. A spokesperson for Sprint referred us to the carrier's January announcement, and an HTC spokesperson reminded us that they don't comment on rumors.